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<blockquote data-quote="phalanx" data-source="post: 853537" data-attributes="member: 103701"><p>Sorry, this isn't about an eMac. This computer is a little out of date but I hope someone can help me out...</p><p></p><p>Ok... this is a big one so I appreciate those of you who can help me. I have a 1991-93 Macintosh Centris 650. It hasn't ever had any problems before, and has been running on Mac OS 7.1.x and I decided it was time to update it. As some of you may know, Apple made OS 7.5.3 available for free on their website. So I downloaded it from here: <a href="http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/" target="_blank">Index of /Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3</a> My Centris can't take internet, so I downloaded it onto my Imac and put the files on a ZIP drive, not floppy. I took this and downloaded it onto the Centris. It opened up a 'drive' and I went through the instructions until it told me to restart my computer. I did this, and it booted up in the newer OS 7.5.3 form. While it was booting, a screen came up and said 'rebuilding desktop file'. (Here is a website describing this, <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2344" target="_blank">Mac OS: Rebuilding Desktop File and Icon Recovery</a> ) After a long time it seemed to me that it had frozen, and I hit the 'restart' button. THIS is where trouble started happening. When it was restarting an Icon came up similar to the 'sad mac'. It was a floppy disk with a flashing question mark in the middle of it. Here is a website describing this situation: <a href="http://lowendmac.com/macdan/02/0916ek.html" target="_blank">Solving Startup Problems on Your Mac</a> I had found another website that said to unplug all of your extra hardware accessories and THEN boot it. So I did that. I unplugged my keyboard, mouse, printer, Zip Drive, and modem and it booted up just fine. I think the problem was the computer was trying to boot the computer FROM the zip drive, [because i had downloaded OS 7.5.3 from that] so when I unplugged it it loaded from the hard drive. Anyway, 2 messages popped up when it was done booting. 1: Iomega Zip Drive cannot be located. (Remember, I had unplugged it) 2: Rebuilding Desktop file was interrupted, some messages could not be popped up, or something along those lines. I hit 'ok' and the 'rebuilding desktop file' window came up again. THIS time, it didn't have a loading bar on the bottom of it, and the mouse had the 'watch' icon. For about four/five days it has been like this. I occasionally hear sounds from the computer which I believe to be coming from the hard drive, so is it possible that it still is trying to rebuild the desktop? How can I tell? I don't know what to do; is it possibly frozen again? Should I try restarting it again? Should I re-install the OS 7.5.3 update? Can anyone explain what happened? Basically I want to know how I can fix this. I know this is a bit confusing, so if you have any questions for me just post them and I'll answer them the best I can. I really appreciate anyone's help, thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phalanx, post: 853537, member: 103701"] Sorry, this isn't about an eMac. This computer is a little out of date but I hope someone can help me out... Ok... this is a big one so I appreciate those of you who can help me. I have a 1991-93 Macintosh Centris 650. It hasn't ever had any problems before, and has been running on Mac OS 7.1.x and I decided it was time to update it. As some of you may know, Apple made OS 7.5.3 available for free on their website. So I downloaded it from here: [url=http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/]Index of /Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3[/url] My Centris can't take internet, so I downloaded it onto my Imac and put the files on a ZIP drive, not floppy. I took this and downloaded it onto the Centris. It opened up a 'drive' and I went through the instructions until it told me to restart my computer. I did this, and it booted up in the newer OS 7.5.3 form. While it was booting, a screen came up and said 'rebuilding desktop file'. (Here is a website describing this, [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2344]Mac OS: Rebuilding Desktop File and Icon Recovery[/url] ) After a long time it seemed to me that it had frozen, and I hit the 'restart' button. THIS is where trouble started happening. When it was restarting an Icon came up similar to the 'sad mac'. It was a floppy disk with a flashing question mark in the middle of it. Here is a website describing this situation: [url=http://lowendmac.com/macdan/02/0916ek.html]Solving Startup Problems on Your Mac[/url] I had found another website that said to unplug all of your extra hardware accessories and THEN boot it. So I did that. I unplugged my keyboard, mouse, printer, Zip Drive, and modem and it booted up just fine. I think the problem was the computer was trying to boot the computer FROM the zip drive, [because i had downloaded OS 7.5.3 from that] so when I unplugged it it loaded from the hard drive. Anyway, 2 messages popped up when it was done booting. 1: Iomega Zip Drive cannot be located. (Remember, I had unplugged it) 2: Rebuilding Desktop file was interrupted, some messages could not be popped up, or something along those lines. I hit 'ok' and the 'rebuilding desktop file' window came up again. THIS time, it didn't have a loading bar on the bottom of it, and the mouse had the 'watch' icon. For about four/five days it has been like this. I occasionally hear sounds from the computer which I believe to be coming from the hard drive, so is it possible that it still is trying to rebuild the desktop? How can I tell? I don't know what to do; is it possibly frozen again? Should I try restarting it again? Should I re-install the OS 7.5.3 update? Can anyone explain what happened? Basically I want to know how I can fix this. I know this is a bit confusing, so if you have any questions for me just post them and I'll answer them the best I can. I really appreciate anyone's help, thanks. [/QUOTE]
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